Recover deleted MySQL rows?

Question

The situation is that I deleted rows from the database and now they are wanted back.

There are no binary logs, and no backup.

But as I know records are not deleted instantly, they're just marked as 'deleted', but they're actually deleted only after next optimisation.

And I have just copied all the database files into safe places: frms, MIYs and MYDs. I know the structure of table I'm interested in; I can even find all deleted row ids.

Is there any tool to recover recently deleted rows?

Answer 1

If you happen to know the offset of the data (or know some unique string) for the rows you deleted, then go ahead an pop open a hex editor and copy the (binary) data by hand. If you do recover it all you'll be extremely fortunate, and I hope you write up an article on it, because frankly I don't believe this is possible.